HyperDic: carline_thistle

English > 1 sense of the expression carline thistle:
NOUNplantcarline thistlea thistle of the genus Carlina
English > carline thistle: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA thistle of the genus Carlina.
Member ofCarlina, genus Carlinagenus of Mediterranean thistles
Narrowercommon carline thistle, Carlina vulgarisEurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils
stemless carline thistle, Carlina acaulisstemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath
BroaderthistleAny of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera ... / genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
Spanishcardo ajonjero

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